Artist Reem Mouasher shares her recent series of paintings, inspired by the era of hand-written love letters, borrowing...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Atia Shafee
Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.
15 MARCH 2022 • By Khalil Younes
A frank look at the changing social attitudes toward sexuality in war-torn Syria.
15 MARCH 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Iranian American poet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori presents a new volume of Rumi translations in "GOLD" published...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Haleh Liza Gafori
From Leonard Cohen to Apollo and Daphne to French philosopher Jean-Lun Nancy, Arie Akkermans-Amaya looks at the influences...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
Sherine Elbanhawy lives in the pages of a memoir in verse and finds herself reluctant to leave, identifying...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Sherine Elbanhawy
A tale of conjugal love from the first complete story collection in English by Moroccan writer and cult...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Malika Moustadraf
Artist Atia Shafee hopes that her paintings will "resonate, trigger, and challenge, drawing the observer into the experience,"...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Mike Booth
A young artisan from Taroudant, Morocco now calls Los Angeles home and brings a particular flare to shoe...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
In a blast from Hollywood's colorful past, Lebanese American writer Fred Saidy remembers Mrs. Nazralla's exquisite baklava, and...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
Syrian and Armenian American John Nazarian was for decades a champion of those who struggled in Los Angeles.
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
L.A. Armenian poet and activist Sophia Armen is an American original.
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Sophia Armen
